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DRIVING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
BUS KI BAAT
DRIVING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
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DRIVING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
CHALLAN FOR CHANGE
DRIVING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
DRIVING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
FREIGHT EMISSION INDEX WORKSHOP
DRIVING URBAN TRANSFORMATION
THROUGH COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE
RIGHT TO WALK

We envision urban environments where people can move with dignity, access safe public spaces, and live in empowered, sustainable communities.

About Us

The Urban Lab (TUL) Foundation is a not-for-profit think tank committed to building safe, inclusive, and resilient cities. Working at the intersection of sustainable mobility, climate action, and people-centric planning, we address urbanization challenges across both large cities and small towns. Our approach combines research, policy support and community engagement, grounded in local realities.

We collaborate with governments, academic institutions, and civil society to build capacity in areas such as road safety, walkability, low-carbon mobility, and inclusive transport. From mobility assessments in low-income neighborhoods to safe routes to school campaigns, our work aligns with Sustainable Development Goals and broader climate goals, contributing to safe, equitable, and sustainable urban futures.

We Stand for

Safety for Every Journey

Programs that make streets safer for everyone on the move.

Inclusion for Every Body

Initiatives that ensure every person can access and enjoy the city with dignity.

Resilience for Every Day

Efforts that help people and public spaces adapt and thrive every day

Problem

Our Programs are shaped by community voices and relevant data

Change begins with listening

Projects

FRIGHT EMMISION INDEX

RIGHT TO WALK

CHALLAN FOR CHANGE

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Sandeep Paul

Sandeep Paul is an urban designer and academic with a focus on research induced practice. With an experience of working with public organizations in designing public infrastructure, Sandeep has engaged in preparing design guidelines, public campaigns and advocacies. He has led research projects authoring papers and articles around urban design, pedagogical practices which have been presented in public as well as university lead conferences and forums. His focused initiatives also stem from reviewing guidelines, best practices, policy and statutory norms along with conducting gap assessments, preparing analytical frameworks.

He is trained to lead programs on sustainable urban mobility, Non-Motorized Transport and Walkability by International Urban Training Centre, South Korea (2011), and Sustainable Urban Mobility in Asia (SUMA) program, organized by GIZ in Beijing (2008). He has co-convened a break out session at World Placemaking week, in Amsterdam, 2017 organized by Project for Public Spaces. He has participated and presented in national and international forums, engaging workshops about sustainability through research, practice and advocacy on street design, publicness and sustainable mobility.
Under his core association with The Urban Lab Foundation, he has anchored research proposals, public campaigns like ‘Right to walk’ and engaging citizen with bus through ‘Bus ki baat’ campaign. The event was organized during the World Sustainable Transport weeks in November 2024 (first edition) and 2025 (second edition).

As an academic, he has been associated with CEPT University and Anant National University mentoring young minds since 2015 and interspersed sustainability in diverse forms of coursework. He engages in learning pedagogies that enable and sensitize students about current challenges of urbanity like streets with publicness, climate change, shrinking public realm and degeneration of public spaces. He has been conducting research on publicness in public spaces, sociability and cherish a balance between research and practice.